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Railway Drama
Davis, Royal J. | October 16, 1929 issue

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This article literally appraises the book "The Romance of the Rails," by Agnes C. Laut. "Romance" is a rather mild word for the strenuous exertions recorded and to some extent pictured in these two volumes. What they relate is the story of another hundred years war; for the railways first had to fight the canals, then they fought one another, later they found themselves engaged in rivalry with a canal again, this time the interoceanic cut at Panama, and they were almost incessantly struggling with the government and with the public. Some of these battles were absurd, some were tragic.

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ROMANCE of the Rails, The (Book); LAUT, Agnes C.; RAILROADS -- Panama; TRANSPORTATION; BOOKS & reading; PANAMA
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